Foreign language songs...

[Gus Poyet]

I'm a bit of a fan of foreign language songs. 99% of the time I have no idea what they are about but if the tune is catchy and the voice is nice that doesn't seem to matter.

I'll open up with a few songs in Irish Gaelic for a language most people won't have heard before.

Put out by an Irish language project that gets young Irish musos to produce songs in Gaelic.





If you don't like the song above just watch the blonde tin whistle girl.


Well get going then, add your faves.

 

[ManWithNoName]

 

[00Stinger]

Anything from Rammstein

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Serge gainsbourg - Requiem Pour un con

 

[Schauermann]

Like a "few" English songs...

 

[Ron The Bear]

This was a #1 hit here and in many other countries in the 80's.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Always liked this, contains a couple of verses in French.

 

[Gough]

 

[IAMDASH]

This was one of the best Australian releases of the mid 90s

 

[benji2]

Damn nice song and videoclip



Also...

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

BORIS.



Have been into late 60s early 70s asian psych. Ros Sereysothea was a huge star in Cambodia in the 60s. Unfortunately she was forcibly married to a one of Pol Pot's assistants and it is believed she was killed sometime in the mid 70s



The CBC Band had to leave Saigon in 1975 after it fell to the commos. There's a BBC doco about their travails titled, "Band on the Run". I like this clip from a Viet movie. Yes, I have a major hard-on for throaty lead singer, Bich Loan. Apparently they have a venue in Houston, Texas and still play regularly (although with a much more AOR sound )

 

[CURVE]

Francoise Hardy is a legendary French singer who released some great stuff primarily in the 60's and 70's in French, Spanish, German and English.

Claudine Longet was a another well known French singer who released some interesting French and English songs in the 60's and 70's. Of course her life took a wild turn in the mid 70's.

Deborah Harry speaks French and some Spanish and a few of Blondie's well known songs had either French or Spanish version.

 

[sojthebest]

Swedish psychedelic rock.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Swedish psychedelic rock.

quality

As were on a psych kick, Chilean psych freaks aguaturbia give this blues standard an heroic dose of lysergic acid



I've got a compilation album, "Pomegranates" an album of Persian psych, funk and rock from th pre-revolution 60s and 70s. An amazing rekkid, this being my fave track

 

[La Dispute]

Bliss

 

[Plugger35]

 

[The Dice Man]

Listen to a lot of french pop on the radio and this song, while pretty old now and very poppy, gets played heaps... And I love it..




And This ones just for laughs. Claude Francois was huge in france, then he went and died accidently in the bath, with a hairdryer.

 

[Plugger35]

Speaking of French pop, Tahiti 80 are underrated.

They don't speak French in their songs though because they've been to uni and learnt English.

 

[Gus Poyet]

Some good tunes.

Forgot this Dutch classic. Doesn't really sing but i'm sure he's yodelling in Dutch(and looking a lot like Will Arnett)...

 

[Andonis1997]

Koza Mostra - Me Trela.

 

[timtamWB]

This is the foreign language song.

 

[HARKER]

This would more likely get banned today. Seemed to slip though all those years ago.

 

[sixteenstraws]

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

This would more likely get banned today. Seemed to slip though all those years ago.

You'd have less chance of gettin' through Requiem Pour Un Con (my personal Serge fave)

That made my day

 

[WinmarToLockett]